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SDA Hymnal 590

Trust and Obey

Tune: TRUST AND OBEY

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1When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.

RefrainTrust and obey, for there's no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

2Not a shadow can rise,
not a cloud in the skies,
but his smile quickly drives it away;
not a doubt nor a fear,
not a sigh nor a tear,
can abide while we trust and obey.

3Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey.

4But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
and the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey.

5Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we'll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey.

The verse

Meter
6.6.10.6.6.9
Foot
anapestic (da-da-DUM) · 71% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

When we walk with the Lord/˘/˘˘/6A
in the light of his word,˘˘/˘˘/6B
what a glory he sheds on our way!˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/10C
While we do his good will,/˘˘˘/˘6D
he abides with us still,˘˘/˘˘/6D
and with all who will trust and obey.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/9C

Verse 2

Not a shadow can rise,˘˘//˘/6A
not a cloud in the skies,˘˘/˘˘/6A
but his smile quickly drives it away;˘˘//˘/˘˘/9B
not a doubt nor a fear,˘˘/˘˘/6C
not a sigh nor a tear,˘˘/˘˘/6D
can abide while we trust and obey.˘˘//˘/˘˘/9B

Verse 3

Not a burden we bear,˘˘/˘˘/6A
not a sorrow we share,˘˘/˘˘/6A
but our toil he doth richly repay;˘/˘/˘//˘˘/10B
not a grief or a loss,˘˘/˘˘/6C
not a frown or a cross,˘˘/˘˘/6C
but is blest if we trust and obey.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/9B

Verse 4

But we never can prove˘˘/˘˘/6A
the delights of his love˘˘/˘˘/6B
until all on the altar we lay;˘//˘˘/˘˘/9C
for the favor he shows,˘˘/˘˘/6D
and the joy he bestows,˘˘/˘˘/6D
are for them who will trust and obey.˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘/9C

Verse 5

Then in fellowship sweet/˘/˘//6A
we will sit at his feet,˘˘/˘˘/6A
or we'll walk by his side in the way;˘//˘˘/˘˘/9B
what he says we will do,˘˘/˘˘˘6C
where he sends we will go;/˘/˘˘/6D
never fear, only trust and obey./˘//˘/˘˘/9B

Refrain

Trust and obey, for there's no other way/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/10A
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/13A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.